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Trivia

  • Anna's magazine covers:
    -Portland Magazine- March 2008
  • Anna says she is inspired by fearless women in comedy, some of her favorites being Parker Posey, Molly Shannon and Amy Poehler.
  • Anna's favorite film character to date is Sylvia Fowler in The Women (1939), played by Rosalind Russell.
  • Anna was nominated for Best Supporting Actress - 2007 Independent Spirit Award for her role in Rocket Science.
  • Anna had a lead role in My Favourite Broadway: The Leading Ladies.
  • Anna is the second youngest person to ever win a Tony Award.
  • Anna was supposed to appear in a 2003 WB network show called The Mayor, but it was canceled in preproduction.
  • Anna's feature film debut was in 2003, with her role as Fritzi Wagner in Camp.
  • In 1998 Anna won a Drama League Award for High Society, she also won the Drama Desk Award and Fany Award for the same role.
  • Anna's stage debut was in 1991, she was in the community theatre production of Annie, she played Tessie.
  • Anna went to Deering High School in Portland, Maine.
  • Anna has blue eyes.
  • Anna's current agent is Agency for the Performing Arts.
  • Anna's manager, Kim Matuka, at Online Talent Group, has been working with her exclusively since the age of 10.
  • Anna appeared in the New York City Opra House with the role of Fredika in A Little Night Music".
  • Anna's film history:
    -"Camp" (2003)- Fritzi Wagner
    -"Rocket Science" (2007)- Ginny Ryerson
    -"Elsewhere" (2008)- Sarah
    -"The Marc Pease Experience" (2008)- Meg Brickman
    -"Twilight" (2008)- Jessica
  • Anna is most well known for her role as Ginny Ryerson in the 2007 drama, Rocket Science.
  • Anna was nominated for Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "High Society".
  • Anna is 5'4".
  • She has a older brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick, who is also an actor.

Quotes

  • Anna: An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.
  • Anna: (on the difference between herself and her "Camp" character) I do have a passion for theater. But I try my best not to stalk people.
  • Anna: (On her first role being in "Annie") It's a little cliché, I really wish it was something other than that, because it just seems so trite.
  • Anna: (on how she viewed herself as a kid) [I was] one of those hyperactive kids who wanted to jump around and sing and dance and scream and be on stage.

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